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Alumni and Active NewsletterSisterhood

Formal 2012

A formal, planned by National AlumniDirector (Khushabu Patel), Rutgers Colony

President (Yesha Metha), & Northern RegionDirector (Ami Patel), was held for thesisterhood on February 4, 2012 at ParadiseRestaurant in Central New Jersey. We had

approximately 30 sisters and dates from DeltaChapter, Epsilon Chapter, Rutgers Colony,and NYU Colony that attended this event.

Spring into DKD!

Hi Everyone!

I thought it will be nice to have a newsletter with upcoming

events, past events, updates, contacts, and everything DKD

related in a nice newsletter each semester for alumni and

actives to read about! I hope this is helpful for both alumni and

actives and inspire all of you to become more involved

nationally and locally!

-Khushabu Patel, National Alumni Director.

NationalConference 2012July 12-15, 2012

Held at Gamma

Chapter! Start booking

your flight today!

InternationalBadge DayMarch 5, 2012

Adaytorecognize

successfulwomen!

WearyourDKDbadge!

Stephanie PhilipFundraiserNov 18 2012

This national event will

be held to raise money

for her foundation.


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SPRING 2012THE LOREM IPSUMS

I know this year has been tough for all of us. We dealt with our first hazing incident nationally and a lossof a sister. Stephanie Philip and her dedication to DKD will never be forgotten.

Regardless of everything we have dealt with, we have definitely taken some great steps towards makingDKD a better organization. I was the first to represent DKD at AFA conference and NAPA retreat. This

was truly the most rewarding experience. I met leaders of other sorority/fraternities that are dealing withthe same issues we are. We are not alone out there and they are all willing to help us move forward! Thisopened my eyes to all the untapped resources out there and what we can do as NB to better serve you. Imso excited about all the ideas I have to share with you at NATIONAL CONFERENCE! Make sure tocome because I will tell you it will be worth it!

- Dhara Patel ([email protected]

P.S. Enjoy the game below!

AMESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT

NATIONAL BOARD UPDATES

Below is a list of VACANT positions we have on NB and ND. We are truly in need of help nationally in DKD. Weare at a crossroads and we need your help and guidance to move forward as an organization. Interim positions do

not need to be voted on by the sisterhood. Voting only will occur if you are truly running for the position on apermanent basis.

NATIONAL BOARD VACANT POSITIONS: National Vice President of Internal Affairs, National VicePresident of Expansion, & National Vice President of Finance

NATIONAL DIRECTORS VACANT POSITIONS: Southern Regional Director, National FundraisingDirector, & National New Membership Director

Bigs and Interviews are needed for 2012 Association! Please fill out the form below or [email protected]://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFNyQ3FvZXFYUFAtaDcwREtmeDgxNlE6MQ


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ALPHA CHAPTERTexas A & M University

XI Class InitiationAlpha Chapter held initiation for their Xi classlast month. Welcome to the sisterhood ladies!Manasa Rao (Sister Spontaneous)Aashna Maredia (Sister Elixir)Vaishnavi Narasimhan (Sister Harmony)Akhila Sivakumar (Sister Kinetic)

Fundraiser at Spoons 2/26 from 12pm - 2pmSocial with sisters of Kappa Delta Chi.

Service at Genesis Home to spend time with thechildren there.C.H.I.L.D. Week Events:o Annual Tat a Hand to Stop a Hando Spelling Bee for the children at Lincoln

Centero End the week with a wing-eating contest to

raise money for the Stephanie PhillipFoundation, since she loved eating wings!

Tamanna Hoque (President): [email protected]

Priyanka Goswami (VP/PR/Social Chair):

[email protected]

Nikita Patel (Secretary): [email protected]

Manasa Rao (Treasurer/Fundraising Chair):

[email protected]

Akhila Sivakumar (MGC delegate):

[email protected]

Aashna Maredia (APC delegate/Co-RA):

[email protected]

Vaishnavi Narasimham (Service Chair):

[email protected]

Maira Ansari (MGC delegate/Fundraising

Chair): [email protected]

Priya Tomy (Sisterhood Chair): [email protected]

Krishna Rajesh (RA): [email protected]

Mehreen Jamal (Inactive): [email protected]

Ibtihaj Tayyab (Inactive): [email protected]

Nida Khan (Inactive): [email protected]

Saria Khan (Inactive): [email protected]

Al ha Events

Meet the Alpha ChapterActives/Inactives Today!

Mixer with thesisters of RhoDelta Chi

Alpha ChapterFormal 2012

Fundraiser atTexas A&Mfootball game

AlphaChapter


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Not only have we successfully made a positiveimpact on our surrounding community, but alsowithin our sisterhood itself. With over 30sisters, we are able to achieve numerous goalsthroughout the semester, such as raisingthousands of dollars for our community.

Within the Greek community here at UT, oursisters have won numerous awards. Ourprevious President Amy Philip won MostOutstanding President of all Greek

organizations at UT, awarded by the Greek Lifeand Intercultural Education (GLIE) office.Neelam Mistry, current president, and HiralPatel, both won Emerging Leader andCommunity Impact awards, respectively.

We aim to make a difference not only within

out local school and Austin communities, butalso abroad by working with Save the Childrenfor disasters worldwide.

AMESSAGE FROM THEGAMMA CHAPTERPRESIDENT

Gamma Chapter has been very busy over the lastfew years taking the organization to new heightsevery semester. Over the past 3 years, we haveraised and donated over $4,000 to variouscharitable organizations both in the local Austinarea and globally. We would love to have sisterscome visit us!

- Neelam Mistry ([email protected])

Service Mixer with thebrothers of Beta TauOmega (Turnip Picking)

Representing DKDat Dandiya Nightheld by HSA

Service Mixer withthe brothers of Chi PsiBeta (Street Clean-up)

GAMMA CHAPTERUniversity of Texas at Austin

AlphaChaptercontinuedandGammaChapter


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SPRING 2012THE LOREM IPSUMSGammaChaptercontinued

Delta Kappa Delta at Gamma Chapter continues to be therecognized as the Greek organization with one of the highestcumulative GPAs on campus and with the most individualsparticipating in Order of Omega, an honor society for those inthe Greek community.

CHILD week: Gamma chapter will be hosting their annual

CHILD week in April; this year we will raise money to helpDreamCatchers For Abused Children. On Monday, we startoff with a Kick-off Rally to get students attention. Throughoutthe day, we try to sell food donations and t-shirts to studentspassing by on their way to class. We also plan to have a snowcone, pop corn, cotton candy machine, & a photo booth. OnTuesday, we will have a service event open to the entireuniversity with Helping Hand Home. On Wednesday, we host our famous Battle of the Sexes event. For this, weinvite all student organizations to register and compete with each other for a grand prize at the end. Finally, onThursday, we end with a fundraiser at a popular local restaurant.

Socials and Retreats: For our next social, we want to go to Jumpstreet, a huge gym filled with a variety oftrampolines, obstacle course, & games such as dodgeball. We will have an outdoor sisterhood retreat in April. Staytune for more updates!

Recruitment: We are associating our Xi class at Gamma chapter this semester. Association has just begun and wehave given bids to 11 girls. Throughout recruitment, we had mixers with Beta Kappa Gamma and Delta EpsilonPsi, made smores, played pool and laser tag, and made blankets for a local childrens center.

Service from the Heart: Gamma Chapter hosted Service from the Heart, an annual event that we have each spring.We invite other Greeks to come make Valentines Day cards to be delivered to the nursing homes. This event wasvery successful this year.

Actives Phone E-mail Positions Andrews, Tina 8178460728 [email protected] VP External

Domalapalli, Nisha 8176753120 [email protected]

Grewal, Simer 8179038855 [email protected] Service Chair

Hassam, Tanisha 8178814270 [email protected]

Hirani, Saima 8179663830 [email protected] SecretaryKarim, Shazia 4694875101 [email protected]

Kumar, Radhika 2063541867 [email protected] Service Chair

Lakhani, Shaheen 2144998603 [email protected] Sisterhood Chair

Maredia, Nilofar 4093652441 [email protected]

Mehta, Pooja 2544930898 [email protected]

Menon, Raakhi 8326381331 [email protected] Sisterhood Chair

Mistry, Neelam 7138269106 [email protected] President

Mullapudi, Harika 2143859836 [email protected]

Nathani, Sonia 4696883442 [email protected]

Patel, Bhumi 2142986279 [email protected]

Patel, Binita 6824789247 [email protected] Philanthropy ChairPatel, Kamaxi 9726975897 [email protected] VP Internal

Patel, Nehal 8329781705 [email protected]

Patel, Parita 9729001483 [email protected]

Philip, Stephanie 8325845101 [email protected] Treasurer

Pokala, Deepa 9366453184 [email protected] Philanthropy Chair

Pokala, Sirisha 6825517474 [email protected] RA

Prabhakar, Pooja 8326288166 [email protected]

Ruxmohan, Shreya 8324963645 [email protected]

Somaya, Devanshi 2146367083 [email protected]

Swali, Ritu 8332489676 [email protected]

Virani, Neelam 4695443367 [email protected] RA

Zindani, Anam 8177892710 [email protected]

Nu Class Presents

Nu Class: Bhumi Patel, Nilofar Maredia,Parita Patel, Shazia Karim, Anam Zindani

& Pooja Prabhakar!


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National Service DayDelta Chapter held its AnnualNational Service Day at

Northern Home this pastsemester with the brothersDelta Epsilon Psi, Iota NuDelta, & Sigma Beta Rho.Northern Home is an afterschool program for young boysand girls. Many of thesechildren come from abusivefamilies. Around Halloween, thesisters at Delta Chapter puttogether a haunted house for thechildren of Northern Home.

DELTA CHAPTER

DeltaChapter

Temple University

Meet Last Semesters ActivesRight to Left: Arlene George (EtaClass), Anita Mathew (Theta Class),and Jasmine Varghese (Theta Class).Contact: [email protected]

Last Semesters Activities and FocusLast semester, Delta Chapter focused on building Sisterhood,Recruitment, and Greek Relations. Delta Chapter held a

potluck after Thanksgiving for their alumni (See picture tothe left). They also had a mixer with the brothers of Iota NuDelta (see picture to the left and bottom). Last semester,Association was not held, but Delta Chapter did holdInformationals in September and November.


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Epsilon Chapter has had its share of challenges,but since our establishment, we have displayedour indomitable spirit to the fullest! Fromworking to gain chapter status to events like ourCharity Ball, we have all understood the meaningof sisterhood and our passion for thisorganization keeps growing.

- Mansi Jailwala ([email protected])

war s: United Greek Councils Outstanding

Chapter -2011 National Boards Chapter of the Year -

2010

EPSILON CHAPTER

Epsi lonChapterandBinghamtonColony

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

AMESSAGE FROM THE

EPSILON CHAPTERPRESIDENT

On February 9, Epsilon Chapter held theirAnnual Chocolate Lovers Fantasy (yummy!)

BINGHAMTON COLONYLast semester, we hosted one of the biggest greek life events, the CharityStroll Competition, and raised over $1300 (See pictures to the right). Weare hosting our annual Charity Stroll Competition again on Friday, April13, 2012. We are donating to the Stephanie Philip Foundation and hopethat the event will be even bigger then it was last year. We would LOVEalumni and active sisters support! Contacts: President, Maisha Khan,([email protected]) & Sanam Mehta ([email protected])

Accomplishments:Only greek organizationto receive a grant from

Binghamton to host aprogram.DKD at BinghamtonUniversity is ranked #1 ashighest GPA in the AsianGreek Council andoverall 18/40 for totalfraternity and sorority and5/14 in sororities forGPA, which is quite theaccomplishment for us!


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We held a fundraiser at 3 Spoons on February 17,

2012. On November 9-10, 2011, we held our second

annual Spread the Warmth Event at the North Village

Community Center. We made blankets for children at the

Family Abuse Center in Waco, Texas. Afterwards, we

helped Beta Kappa Gamma wrap toys for their Brothers

Kollecting Gifts Week.

Contact Simarjeet Grewal ([email protected])

My name is Yesha Mehta. I am currently President atRutgers Colony. I am a senior and Information Technologyand Informatics major and Economics minor. I am prettymuch a night student as I work full-time at Johnson &Johnson as an eCommerce Analyst. In terms of school, Iwill be done taking full-time class this semester so that willbe a relief. School, work, and DKD can be stressful at times,

but I wouldnt change my life at all given the chance.The colony at Rutgers University has been working veryhard to leave our mark in terms of service, our relationshipwith other Greek organizations, as well as our OFSA office.Through SAGA, we have developed many relationshipswith 9 other South Asian organizations such as fraternities,sororities, and service-affiliated organizations such as SALTand SOFKIN. We have many goals to continue to expandand make a difference in our community. Thank you all foryour continued support as we wouldnt be as strong as weare now without you all.

Yesha Metha ([email protected])

SPRING 2012BaylorColonyandRutgersColony

BAYLORCOLONY

Baylor UniversityWhat Weve Been Up to!

RUTGERS COLONYRutgers UniversityAMESSAGE FROM THE

RUTGERS COLONY PRESIDENT

Alpha Class Initiation Founders and Alpha ClassBlankets from

Spread the Warmth

Rutgers Colony Alpha Class Initiation


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Accomplishments: Got through our first semester and we stilllove each other! Good reputation on campus

Challenges: Need more girls!!Successful events: Adopt a Shelter and Cards for KidsStill on our first year on campus, we are still working onreceiving those awards. The girls have been on top of the game,accomplishing successful events, raising money, exceedingexpectations and off course upholding the legacy left behind bythe sisters all over the nation. Our goal for this semester is to getas many girls as we can. Therefore, recruitment activities areunder construction along with recruitment shirts and we arelooking forward to another successful semester as DKD UNTand Denton Colony.We are truly honored to be a part of this amazing sorority andbecause of the excellent work former DKD girls have

accomplished, we came into Greek Life with a good reputationas well as expectations of upholding a true legacy left behind bygirls all over the nation.

-Nazia Ali ([email protected])

Founding Line Initiation: Nazia Ali, SoniaJuma, Kiran Charania, Seetal Mamdani,

Sarah Ali, Jainy Thomas, Jessley Varghese,Sharon Jassar, Emlynn Chazhikat, Angela

Philemon, Dhara Patel, Alyna Nathoo, andOdira Obiaju

We met challenges throughout our colonization process but Im

proud to say that our hard work has paid off. I want to thank my linesisters for their perseverance and my fellow national sisters for their

dedication and commitment to our establishment. We are so excitedto be the newest colony and we look forward to getting to know andlove this sisterhood!

- Jennifer Kistama ([email protected])

Accomplishments:

Recognized by NYU in November 2011 and Nationally on December10, 2011Recognized by both IGC and MGC with one of our sisters on the

MGC executive boardFirst and only South-Asian focused and service focused sorority on

campusWere working hard to make a name for ourselves here by means ofworkshops, cultural shows, open service events, mixers, fundraisers,and lending support to many organizations on campus

Founding Line

Anisha Mukhi, sister essenceRicha Agrawal, sister ElectriKZabeen Noorani, sister COSMiCJennifer Kistama, sister eMpireMegha Jain, sister VitalityShruthi Mathew, sister PremierNitasha Maindiratta, sister Dolce

Buffalo Wild Wings Benefit Night onFebruary 22, 2012

SPRING 2012UNTColonyandNYUColony

UNT COLONY

NYU COLONYNew York University

AMESSAGE FROM THE

UNTCOLONY PRESIDENT

AMESSAGE FROM THE

NYUCOLONY PRESIDENT

What Weve Been Up to!

University of North Texas at Denton

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